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EstherH, I had a real battle figuring out how to match colors from a photo but in the end the answer was to laminate the photo. You said you have a problem doing that but I'd say that, given the amou… (View Post)

Melissa, I think you may have some misconceptions about the RAW format and what value it holds for us as painters. Maybe I can explain. When your camera takes a photograph, it grabs the information t… (View Post)

Susand, I think many of the folks on this forum who have been here a while (like myself) have become accustomed to seeing really great paintings (like yours) posted as first efforts by artists who ha… (View Post)

This painting, in my opinion, has many very nice qualities. I see a depth to it which is hard to produce when you look straight down on a (relatively) flat object. The shadows are convincing. Much of… (View Post)

Have a look at the values though. The dark areas are darker in the Kassan and the light areas are lighter. Your painting seems to have (especially) less of the lighter value. Look at her chin and the… (View Post)